I don’t know about you but I love the game of golf. I can understand why some folks could care less about it and find it as boring as watching paint dry. On the other hand there are literally millions of people who not only play golf but follow the various tournaments with great interest. After all, Tiger Woods is likely the singular most popular athlete right now in all of sports. Golf is a fickle and very difficult game to master.
That reminds me of life. One does not have to be around too long to realize at times it can be fickle (can change frequently) and certainly very difficult. There is an unregistered rule in golf but often implemented especially by the average golfer and it’s known as a mulligan. A mulligan is simply defined as an extra stroke taken by a golfer after a bad shot and not counted on the scorecard.
I see a parallel here of God’s grace, God giving us what we don’t deserve and then never counted against us in the scoreboard of life. It really is a “mulligan from the master”. Some golfers refer to the mulligan as a ‘do over’. Have you ever felt like that in life? That you needed a do over. That’s what God does for us. He offers us His grace, forgiveness and unconditional love.
I will probably never have the amazing golf skills of a Tiger Woods who would not even consider “using” a mulligan in a golf game. But in life ALL of us need to take the mulligans that the master offers. The Bible says, we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We need a Savior, one who can straighten out the crooked shots in life. Got a bad slice, hooking the ball lately. Let God straighten out your drive. Whether it’s irons, short game, the driver today, let the Master help you with your game and occasionally take the Mulligan that He offers.
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